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April 22, 2007

Earth Day 2007

Gentle Readers,

Google muscled in on the Global Warming debate today, and as long time readers know, TWC did too. It is long standing Earth Day tradition here at Casa de las Rocas Grande to fire up the big, fat Chrysler Vee-8.

Like many in the environmentalist movement, the folks at Google are more
than happy to avail themselves of the very technology often decried
as earth unfriendly. From electricity to automobiles, dedication to
principle extends no further than personal comfort dictates.

Most live in cities and suburbs where every last remnant of native
species has been safely bulldozed and paved over, while whining that my
neighbors might disturb the mating habits of the local fly population
by building a home.

And yes, I appreciate that we live in a complex modern culture that
makes it difficult to get back to nature. However, I don't particularly
want to live in the Stone Age and lots of those guys seem to want
company on the road trip to Bedrock.

The Los Angeles River

That isn't to say there aren't problems, TWC's pet screech is Californicate's propensity (read: the government's propensity)
to yank every trace of green from every riparian
environment, channelize what's left, and then pave it all with concrete. That would be the same government that y'all want to solve your environmental heartaches. There's a lesson here.